European Grand Prix 2012, Valencia - Race 8/20

413x · 23 Jun 2012 at 00:40

Horner : when I said unleash the beast I did not mean that! (mutters) christ aussies and there literal personae

Shimmy · 23 Jun 2012 at 02:09

Horner: I know this is a boring track, but using other cars as ramps for take off is frowned upon nowadays.

CaptainRAVE · 23 Jun 2012 at 08:16

Can't wait for this later today - I need my weekend F1 fix

sunama · 23 Jun 2012 at 09:55

Outcast said:
Horner " If Seb goes to Ferrari you'll still be our No.2 driver"

smr · 23 Jun 2012 at 10:01

Lewis tends to play things down this season, that's why crofty.

englishpremier · 23 Jun 2012 at 10:42

Is it me or has no one bothered to turn up to spectate at Valencia?

Irish_Tom · 23 Jun 2012 at 11:00

englishpremier said:
Is it me or has no one bothered to turn up to spectate at Valencia?

Don't blame them!

What tyres did Fat John use to set his time?

JB was on softs and I'm trying to work out if he's genuinely competitive or if FJ set his time on mediums and JB is still miles off the pace.

smr · 23 Jun 2012 at 11:02

englishpremier said:
Is it me or has no one bothered to turn up to spectate at Valencia?

A friend of mine is there. She's a huge mclaren fan. Struggling to see many spectators tho.

Skeeter · 23 Jun 2012 at 11:02

englishpremier said:
Is it me or has no one bothered to turn up to spectate at Valencia?

Only sold 22,000 tickets I think.

I don't know if that's just race day tickets or all weekend, but for comparison Silverstone is almost sold out and they expect 150,000 people on Sunday with a total of 300,000 over the 3 days...

Skeeter · 23 Jun 2012 at 11:04

Panzerbjorn said:
Don't blame them!

What tyres did Fat John use to set his time?

JB was on softs and I'm trying to work out if he's genuinely competitive or if FJ set his time on mediums and JB is still miles off the pace.

Everyone was on softs at the end and Fat Johns time was set on softs earlier in the session.

sunama · 23 Jun 2012 at 11:07

Who is Fat John?

Irish_Tom · 23 Jun 2012 at 11:08

Skeeter said:
Everyone was on softs at the end and Fat Johns time was set on softs earlier in the session.

Thanks Skeeter, I was making a cuppa and missed that bit.

Cue JB Being three tenths down in quali.

sunama · 23 Jun 2012 at 11:09

englishpremier said:
Is it me or has no one bothered to turn up to spectate at Valencia?

In fairness, I am struggling to feel any excitement for this race.
In my head, I have this idea that this race is usually a borefest...perhaps that's why.

Irish_Tom · 23 Jun 2012 at 11:09

sunama said:
Who is Fat John?

It's a [poor] play on a rubbish translation of Grosjean.

Kenai · 23 Jun 2012 at 11:10

Romain Grosjean

Gros Jean = Fat John

Not one of the funniest nicknames i've seen on here

sunama said:
In my head, I have this idea that this race is usually a borefest...

I cannot possibly think what may have given you that idea

Duke · 23 Jun 2012 at 11:13

Practice 3 results

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver                Team                  Time              Laps[/b]
 1.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m38.562            17
 2.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m38.655s  + 0.093  18
 3.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m38.759s  + 0.197  18
 4.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1m38.819s  + 0.257  17
 5.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m38.892s  + 0.330  17
 6.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m39.084s  + 0.522  20
 7.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m39.141s  + 0.579  15
 8.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m39.178s  + 0.616  17
 9.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m39.318s  + 0.756  15
10.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m39.357s  + 0.795  18
11.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m39.358s  + 0.796  19
12.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m39.395s  + 0.833  15
13.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m39.434s  + 0.872  13
14.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault      1m39.543s  + 0.981  13
15.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m39.946s  + 1.384  20
16.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m40.037s  + 1.475  17
17.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m40.134s  + 1.572  20
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault      1m40.681s  + 2.119  15
19.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m41.282s  + 2.720  4
20.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault      1m41.931s  + 3.369  15
21.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth          1m42.758s  + 4.196  14
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth     1m42.815s  + 4.253  16
23.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m42.943s  + 4.381  14
24.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth     1m43.124s  + 4.562  16

Skeeter · 23 Jun 2012 at 11:20

Hmm.... prediction time. Lotus are looking good to provide the 8th different winner. Although Vettel didn't get a clear run on his single attempt to set a Quali style lap, so he may still be a good shout for pole.

Kenai · 23 Jun 2012 at 11:22

I'd really like to see Kimi atop the podium again this time out, or Schumacher if not (I never thought i'd be saying that a few years ago!)

CaptainRAVE · 23 Jun 2012 at 11:23

englishpremier said:
Is it me or has no one bothered to turn up to spectate at Valencia?

Not all that shocking really.

Expecting Hamilton to be right up there in Quali.

Skillmister · 23 Jun 2012 at 11:37

Love MB

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